I'm joining Diane at A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words in her blog's very own Trash to Treasure Tuesday feature. My treasure's picture and its history are posted below. If you'd like to see the other treasures or post your own, you can get to Diane's blog by clicking on this link:
http://diane1876.blogspot.com/
For my Trash to Treasure find last week (which Diane kindly posted for me since I didn't have a blog running), I had a photograph of some wooden fishing lures my husband found in the attic of a tiny Victorian cottage we bought to save from the wrecking ball. I'm not sure of their age, but several fishing buffs have offered to take them off of our hands. ;-)
That same wonderful husband (who, by the way, hates to shop) found this next Trash to Treasure item as well. This time he was going for a jog, and low and behold, a former neighbor across the street (the kind of neighbor who even vacuums her grass!) had put two Adirondack chairs out on the curb with the trash. One chair had a tiny bit of rot on the arm, and the other had a tiny bit on the back from being out in the elements and having water drip on them (I think from a canopy). Other than that, they were in great shape. Their small blemishes = an easy-peasy fix with some wood putty. So, my hubby walked back in the house, and told me about them. I said, "Hurry quick or someone will have them in their car!" He got one back inside, and then as he lifted the other from the curb, he saw a woman stop her car and look back longingly. As sorry as I felt for her, I was ecstatic that we got these because we really needed them for a porch.
We have enjoyed these chairs for years, and they've been painted both a dark green for a previous beach cottage, and now they are painted sort of a custom historic color that's not quite Benjamin Moore's Hale Navy (but close) that was approved for our current place before we bought it. They sit upstairs on a back balcony and are one of the most comfortable spots in the house. It's a great place for morning coffee. Our guests love them and the spot. That plant stand in the photo appeared there out of who knows where and ended up who knows where. ;-)
I'm very proud of these babies. New ones are about $100 apiece at Home Goods (I think that's where I last saw one, a cute red one), and they could have been more. That's why I felt like these were a good day's haul from the curb! So without further ado, I'd like to present my Trash to Treasure find for this week:
http://diane1876.blogspot.com/
For my Trash to Treasure find last week (which Diane kindly posted for me since I didn't have a blog running), I had a photograph of some wooden fishing lures my husband found in the attic of a tiny Victorian cottage we bought to save from the wrecking ball. I'm not sure of their age, but several fishing buffs have offered to take them off of our hands. ;-)
That same wonderful husband (who, by the way, hates to shop) found this next Trash to Treasure item as well. This time he was going for a jog, and low and behold, a former neighbor across the street (the kind of neighbor who even vacuums her grass!) had put two Adirondack chairs out on the curb with the trash. One chair had a tiny bit of rot on the arm, and the other had a tiny bit on the back from being out in the elements and having water drip on them (I think from a canopy). Other than that, they were in great shape. Their small blemishes = an easy-peasy fix with some wood putty. So, my hubby walked back in the house, and told me about them. I said, "Hurry quick or someone will have them in their car!" He got one back inside, and then as he lifted the other from the curb, he saw a woman stop her car and look back longingly. As sorry as I felt for her, I was ecstatic that we got these because we really needed them for a porch.
We have enjoyed these chairs for years, and they've been painted both a dark green for a previous beach cottage, and now they are painted sort of a custom historic color that's not quite Benjamin Moore's Hale Navy (but close) that was approved for our current place before we bought it. They sit upstairs on a back balcony and are one of the most comfortable spots in the house. It's a great place for morning coffee. Our guests love them and the spot. That plant stand in the photo appeared there out of who knows where and ended up who knows where. ;-)
I'm very proud of these babies. New ones are about $100 apiece at Home Goods (I think that's where I last saw one, a cute red one), and they could have been more. That's why I felt like these were a good day's haul from the curb! So without further ado, I'd like to present my Trash to Treasure find for this week:
His and Hers Adirondack Chairs
Quintessentially yours,
Mrs. Magpie (Sheila)
